Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue
State has called on Nigerians to call the presidency to order before it
destroys the entire nation.
The Governor and the presidency
have been in a face-off recently over policy on cattle ranching as Ortom
insisted that open grazing must be prohibited in the country, particularly in
Benue State.
Governor Ortom had during an
interview with Channels TV on Tuesday, said the President Muhammadu Buhari’s
agenda on open grazing is to ‘Fulanize’ Nigeria.
His comment triggered reaction
from the presidency which accused Ortom of inciting ethnic violence, saying he
is responsible for the surge in insecurity.
The presidency made the claim in
a statement on Wednesday by Buhari’s spokesman, Garba Shehu.
However Ortom in a statement by
his Chief Press Secretary, Terver Akase on Thursday said the presidency via its
“unguarded comments” would one day plunge the country into more chaos.
The statement reads in part,
“Governor Ortom urges the good people of this country to call the Presidency to
order before it destroy Nigeria.
“If nothing is done fast to avert
the impending disaster, armed herders, bandits and other terrorists will one
day take over Aso Rock Villa and those occupying the Villa at the moment will
willingly surrender to them and flee from the country.
“No day passes without reports of
herdsmen and other terrorists killing defenseless Nigerians in parts of the
country. The number of displaced people has risen to millions, yet, the
Presidency wants everyone to remain silent while the country burns.
“Governor Samuel Ortom will not
keep mute! Let it be on record that while the Presidency deliberately destroyed
Nigeria, someone spoke against the evil.
“The Governor believes in the
words of Dr Martin Luther King jnr:“If peace means accepting second class citizenship,
I dont want it. If peace means keeping my mouth shut in the midst of injustice
and evil, I dont want it. If peace means being complacently adjusted to a
deadning status-quo, I dont want peace. If peace means a willingness to be
exploited economically, dominated polically, humiliated and segregated, I dont
want peace.”
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